Garment press



1,624,726 April 12 1927 P. E. GELDHOE GARMENT PRESS l Filed Feb. 2. 1921 Patented Apr. 12,A 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT ort-fics.

PETEnl EDUAnn GELDHOE, onl sYnacusE, NEW. `Yonx,-;Ass1c1ron, 'B YMESNE AssIGN MENTS, To UNITED STATES HOEEMAN mAcHINERYcoEPoRATmN., or NEW. Yonx N. Y., A ooEPonATIoN or DELAWA'EE.

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982, may be more etliciently operated; and.

in disclosing my invention I have omitted the upper movable pressing member known as .the head.

The accompanying drawings form Va 'part hereof and are more or less diagrammatic in form, with all parts omitted which do not bear a close relation with the invention.

This piping system is connected with one or both of the pressing members of a steam garment press, but in the drawings I have referably shown only the bed or buck, or lower padded garment'support 5. carried on discharge nozzle 16 isdispos'ed and joined to the discharge-pipe12' leading from the heating chamber 7 @inthe bed. A suction pipe 17' connects-with the suction chamber 8 in the bed andthe ejectorlitting 15, and;

the arrangement .l such that when steam vkdischarges undefrjpressurefrom the nozzle 16, there 1s produced a :suction of air down-y wardly'throughthe pipe" 17, which is blown outthrouvh the outer discharge pipe 18 along -wi li the steam discharged from the nozzle. 4A valve 19 is included in the discharge/'pipe 12 and placedbe'tween the ejec' tor a-nd bed and so arramged that when the garment press 4is not working this valve. is

closed, whereby no steam is discharged fromthe bed through' the ejector, nor is there any suction of air through thesnction pipe. 17.

In, the operation ot 'a steam garment press equipped with this piping system, the oper ator completes the steaming and pressing operation, as is' known to those conversant in the art, and immediately thereafter to dry the garment he willopenthe valve 19 -by any suitable means. The garment is leftonthe bed after the pressino' operation so it'. may

n suitable frame 6. The bed is equipped-be dried by ,opening-the valve 19, andfwhen the operator opens this valve the suction with heating and suction means. and to this end an interior steam heated chamberv7 and a suction chamber 8 are provided A perforatedface plate 9 forms one wall ot the suction chamber'S, and in actual use this plate is covered'with porous padding as 'a yieldable support for the garments to he presed'.

A steam supply pipe 11 connects with the heating chamber 7 in the buck and is meant to supply live hot steam thereto from any suitable source, such as a boiler. The steam circulates in the chamber 7, as indicated by the arrows, and gives up a portion. of its heat thereto, whereby the temperature of the bed 5 is raised to adequately press garments. A steam discharge pipe 12- connects with the heating chamber 7 and conveys the steam therefrom. The steam transmitted through the discharge pipe 12 in the direction of the arrows 1s employed to produce a suction for evacuating air from the suction chamber 8; and to this end an ejectoris connected to the discharge pipe 12.

The ejector tube comprises a pipe fitting 15, used as a casing, inwhich a pressure produced as aforesaid creates a draft of air downwardly through the garment resting on the padding and perforatedzfa'ce plate 9 tolcool and dry the-garment.

One of the primar invention is the dual unction performed by the steam in first passing through and heating the bed, after which'it is utilized to produce the necessary suction to withdraw the steam, heat and moisture from afgarment produced downwardly l advantages of this.`

through said chamber and through the aetion ot' the heating medium discharged from said chamber effecting a suction m-the eonf duit.

2. In a garment press, the combination ofl a pressing element having va perforated pressf ing su :face and a heating chamber; a'suction conduit in communication with the pressingl surface of said element; and means for passing steam to and through said chamber and through the action lof the steam discharged from said chamber eeetlng a su tion in the conduit.

An improvement in piping systems for f y ber vthrough the ejector and suction will be `inducedthrough' ,the aforesaid discharge pipe andperforated pressing surface.

steam garn'xent presses comprising a pipe to supply steam to heat one of the members of the press, ay second pipe to convey the steam away from said member, a suction pipe joined with the second named pipe, and an ejector tube arranged at the juncture of the second named pipe and suction pipe to produce a -suction through the press, whereby vhieat, ai1d moisture arewithdrawn from the garment. a L

:Appmg system vforl steam garment pressi-ng machines comprising means to supply steam tov circulate-within and heat the l'steam away. from tliefipressing'member, a

Valve included in the discharge pipe, an ejectormcluded 1n the dlscharge pipe, and a suction 'pipe connectmgan ejector and pressing member, whereby' when the valve is opened to discharfre steam-from the pressing'mem- In `witness whereof I'have hereunto set my' hand this 2T day of January', 1921, at

rjyjracusc, county of nondaga, State of New orl f l v f v :I. EDU ARD GELDHOF. 

